Ivan Rakitic

Ivan Rakitic (10 March 1988-) was a Croatian footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona and the Croatia national team.

Biography
Ivan Rakitic was born in Moehlin, Switzerland on 10 March 1988 to a Croatian father and a Bosnian Croat mother. He started his professional career at FC Basel in 2005, and he switched to FC Schalke 04 in 2007, Sevilla FC in 2011, and FC Barcelona in 2014. Rakitic was the club captain for Sevilla and captained the team to the UEFA Europa League triumph, and he was transferred to Barcelona in 2014. It was Rakitic who scored the first goal of the 2015 Champions League Final.